Fewer officials than usual showed up for work yesterday at Government House, where only one of five gates was open. All vehicles entering the compound were checked thoroughly before being let in. Four tanks are still stationed around the compound.

Aides of the ousted deputy premier Chidchai Vanasatidya, who has been detained by the Council for Democratic Reform under the Constitutional Monarchy (CDRM), handed  his official car to Government House officials and had his belongings packaged up.

Former staff of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra and PM's Office secretary-general Prommin Lertsuridej later did the same.

Officials at the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry at Soi Aree quietly discussed former minister Yongyuth Tiyapairat's whereabouts after he reported himself to the CDRM yesterday at noon. An Army spokesman said later that Yongyuth was still inside the Army Headquarters off Rajdamnoen Avenue as of yesterday evening.

Ousted deputy Public Health minister Anutin Charnveerakul personally packed up his belongings before saying goodbye to ministry officials. He said he had been in Bangkok all along and had dinner with ousted public health minister Pinij Charusombat on Wednesday evening.

Anutin said he would need some time to consider whether he would enter politics again and asked the new ministers to pursue useful projects after the Thaksin government was gone.